OSHA Inspection: TIMMERMANN GENERAL CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

2013-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a)  For Citation 1, Item 1a, issued on 7/30/2013 with an abatement date of 10/1/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.  b)  For Ciation 1, Item 1b, issued on 7/30/2013 with an abatement date of 10/1/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.  c)  For Citation 1, Item 2a, issued on 7/30/2013 with an abatement date of 10/1/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.  d)  For Citation 1, item 2b, issued on 7/30/2013 with an abatement date of 10/1/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.

Issued

2013-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  a)  For Citation 1, Item 3, issued on 7/30/2013 with an abatement date of 10/1/2013, the employer did not submit documents demonstrating the complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):       The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:      Employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards while working from scaffolds and aerial lifts, and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards to prevent such falls.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):        Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration: Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:       An employee was exposed to struck by hazards while working near a scaffold, and the employer did not have a competent person initiate and maintain inspections to prevent such accidents.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1):      Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:      On or about July 10, 2013 an employee was struck by a Milwaukee Reciprocating Saw while working under a fabricated frame scaffold, and the employer did not provide a toe board or other device to prevent falling objects from the scaffold.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b):     The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:       On or about July 10, 2013 an employee was struck by a Milwaukee Reciprocating Saw while working under a fabricated frame scaffold, and the employer did not provide training by a competent person to recognize falling object hazards and how to prevent them.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:       Note:  As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system.  The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated::       An employee was exposed to an approximately 15 foot fall while working in the basket of a 400S JLG Articulating Boom Lift, and was not provided with a personal fall protection system.